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People hold hands as they pray together during a service on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va. Student Cho Seung-Hui, who took his own life, is the main suspect in the massacre of 32 students and faculty at the Virginia Tech campus. (Photo by Mary Altaffer / AP)

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3 Christians killed in Turkish city of Malatya

Three people were killed at a publishing house that prints books on Christianity in the eastern Turkish city of Malatya. The victims were bound and had their throats slit.

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Melbourne Herald Sun

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Religious killings in Turkey

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BBC

Bush threatens new sanctions on Sudan

President Bush said the U.S. will tighten economic sanctions on Sudan if President Omar al-Bashir does not take quick, concrete steps to stop the bloodshed in Darfur.

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Guardian

Major Taliban offensive fails to materialize

An anticipated spring offensive by insurgents in Afghanistan has not materialized on a large scale, but violence in the country could still reach last year's level, a NATO commander said.

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International Herald Tribune

Gunman contacted NBC News during massacre

Sometime after he killed two people in a Virginia university dormitory, Cho Seung-Hui sent NBC News a rambling communication and videos about his grievances.

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MSNBC

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Police probed complaints against VT shooter

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CNN

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Massacre at Virginia Tech

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Guardian

Bombings in Baghdad kill scores

Bombers in Baghdad killed 127 people in a series of attacks, including 82 in a strike at the Sadriya market.

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CNN

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Deadly bombs rip Baghdad

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CBS News

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U.S. soldiers kill 5 suspects

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ABC News

Rescuers work to free 2 miners in Md.

Crews moved thousands of tons of rock at an open pit coal mine in an attempt to rescue two men trapped under a pile of rubble at least 40 feet deep.

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Chemical found in second pet-food ingredient

An industrial chemical that led to a nationwide recall of more than 100 brands of cat and dog foods has been found to contaminate a second pet food ingredient, expanding the recall further.

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MSNBC

NATION

Protesters block entrance to Ukraine court

Thousands of opponents of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych blocked the entrances to Ukraine’s Constitutional Court, delaying a second day of hearings.

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Ireland On-line

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Protesters clash in Ukraine

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CBS News

Olmert not prepared to 'pay any price' for soldier's return

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel was not prepared to meet all of the demands of Palestinian militants to secure the release of a captive Israeli soldier.

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Reuters

20 dead in Rio drug gang shootout

Shootouts involving drug gangs and police left at least 20 alleged gang members dead and sent mourners in a cemetery fleeing from gunfire, officials said.

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TIME

POLITICS

Loan probe moves Congress to act

A developing scandal over ties between the student loan industry and college financial aid officers is adding momentum to a congressional push to overhaul the system for college loans.

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AOL News

Court backs power of career criminal law

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court underscored the broad impact of a federal law allowing longer sentences for violent "career criminals."

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AOL News

BUSINESS

Freddie Mac offers to buy $20 billion in home loans

Freddie Mac, the second-largest source of money for U.S. home loans, is offering to buy as much as $20 billion of mortgages in an effort to maintain the financing available for subprime borrowers.

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Bloomberg

Late filers swamp TurboTax e-file system

A flood of last-minute tax filers swamped the servers of the company that makes the popular TurboTax and ProSeries tax software, forcing taxpayers to wait hours for confirmation of their e-filings.

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BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Va. Tech baseball team to play 'Canes despite tragedy

Classes may be suspended in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre but the baseball game will go on. The University of Miami’s baseball team will travel to Virginia this weekend as scheduled.

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CBS4

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Nats honor Virginia Tech

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ESPN

Urlacher fined $100K for wearing hat

Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher was fined $100,000 by the NFL for wearing a cap during Super Bowl media day that promoted a sponsor not authorized by the league.

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Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Decline in HRT use may have reduced breast cancer rates

When millions of women tossed out their prescriptions for hormone replacement therapy in 2002, the rates of breast cancer started dropping almost immediately, a new study finds.

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Health Day

Cervical cancer vaccine lasts

Two vaccines for preventing cervical cancer continue to offer nearly 100 percent protection five years following administration, new research shows.

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WebMD

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Study: Religion doesn't interfere with sex

God may influence Australians' attitudes towards sex but religion plays little role in what they actually do in bed, a landmark survey has found.

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Muslim cabbies lose fight over alcohol

Muslim taxi drivers who refuse service to travelers carrying alcohol at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport will now face tougher penalties.

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GOOD NEWS

Media mogul commits $105M to cancer and burn research

Sumner M. Redstone announced a commitment of $105 million to fund research and patient care advancements in cancer and burn recovery at three major non-profit healthcare organizations.

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Earth Times

Good Samaritan saves senior stuck on railway tracks

An elderly woman on a scooter narrowly avoided being hit by a train in Winnipeg, thanks to the quick action of a stranger passing by.

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Yahoo! News

Partnering for primates

Jane Goodall announced that her institute has partnered with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters to help a group of 2,700 small-scale coffee farmers in Tanzania and protect chimpanzee habitat.

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Good News Network

NATION

Top court upholds ban on abortion procedure

The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure, handing abortion opponents the long-awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench.

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MSNBC

Storm lingers in Northeast; towns start cleanup

Floodwater still swirled through low-lying communities after a deadly spring storm swept the Northeast, but commuters and air travelers had an easier time.

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MSNBC

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Northeast still reeling from nor'easter

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Yahoo! News

IRS commissioner to lead Red Cross

The American Red Cross selected Mark Everson, the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, to be its new president, filling the post as the charity restructures itself.

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Houston Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Global warning could hinder hurricanes

Despite increasing ocean temperatures that feed intense hurricanes, climate change may also be ramping up the winds that choke off development of the storms, a new study claims.

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LiveScience

China's Yangtze river under threat

China's massive Yangtze River, a freshwater lifeline for tens of millions of people, is seriously and largely irreversibly polluted, a state-run newspaper said.

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Independent Online

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Suspect named in the murder of Run D.M.C's Jam Master Jay

Federal prosecutors in New York have named a suspect in the four-year-old slaying of Run-D.M.C. spinner Jam Master Jay, who was gunned down Oct. 30, 2002 at his Queens recording studio.

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E! Online

Gere facing legal action over kiss

Actor Richard Gere and Bollywood beauty Shilpa Shetty are facing legal action in India after being accused of committing "an obscene act" last weekend.

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WSYR

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Gere's risky kiss in India

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CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

BlackBerry service restored

Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry wireless service suffered what the company called a "service interruption" in North America, causing angst among customers.

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MarketWatch

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Blackberry down

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ABC News

Surprise: Ethanol as deadly as gasoline for now

Fuels high in ethanol may pose an equal or greater risk to public health than regular gasoline, new findings suggest.

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LiveScience

EDUCATION

New breed of surveillance cameras now on campus

Christopher Elser, a junior at the Johns Hopkins University, tried to stop a burglar in his off-campus apartment in 2004. He was fatally wounded. The university knew it had to do something.

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Chronicle of Higher Education

From pro football to Harvard Yard

NFL players swap their pads for laptops in the off-season, taking classes at Harvard Business School to prepare for life after football.

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Christian Science Monitor

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Museum combines DNA, fossils to show human ancestry

The traditional museum showpieces of human evolution are being nudged aside at the famed American Museum of Natural History by a newcomer that appears to be an empty test tube.

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Reuters

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Masked Palestinian protesters wearing symbolic handcuffs march demanding the release of prisoners held in Israeli jails, in the West Bank village of Bethlehem. The annual Prisoners Day is held in identification with Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti / AP)

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